Essays on language & writing The importance of catchy lines Lovely phrases and lines are like lollies or cupcakes we come across as we savour or endure a story. They provide bursts of pleasure that take a book or blog from good to great or relieve the tedium of an informative piece we must get through. As […]
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On Language and Writing Last week I couldn’t publish a new story by the end of the week as I usually do. I told myself to be cool and that it didn’t matter if I missed a week or two. My internal voice started objecting, so I asked it a question again, which I ask
For the love of English I’ve been into English since my school days. In recent years I’ve studied the art and craft of writing as I’ve written blogs, essays and books. It has to do as much with the right words as good sentences. And etymology, the origin of words, has been an abiding interest.
I Find These Ten Words Beautiful. How about you? Read More »
From one writer to another One of my friends remarked, ‘It’s awesome how you keep up your writing with work and everything else you do. How do you find the time?’ Not that I am a prolific writer, but I understood the question from a non-writer’s point of view. I had many thoughts at once
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When a connection strikes Once in a while, I come across a writer who strikes a chord in my heart. It’s always the heart first, although the mind soon follows. We love and respect great writers and their work, but the sentiment I am talking about is for a contemporary writer with whom I sense
Are You One of the Lucky Ones With Writer-to-Writer Chemistry? Read More »
When should we use what? Once upon a time, not so long ago, I was a writer who didn’t think much about alternatives for conveying my thoughts and ideas. That I’d come to think of myself as a writer, and some people agreed, was satisfaction enough. I studied the skill and art in those days of
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We can keep writing lifelong Humankind has been seeking a Perpetual Motion Machine for centuries, however impossible it may be, and writers have been seeking a Perpetual Ideas Device for just as long. Finally, the quest is over for the latter. It’s here! The Problem Most authors go through periods when they have nothing in the
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Here’s what they did for me First, let me tell you about the book ‘Philosophy of Life Instinct’. Many of my followers read its chapters serially as I released them in Illumination on Medium between November 2020 and August 2021. I’ve now published the physical book through Notion Press, and it’s available in hardcover and paperback
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I am sick of sic. Aren’t you? You all know the word ‘sic’, which appears in parentheses after a piece of quoted speech in newspapers and online. We know it means the text is verbatim, and the spelling and grammatical errors are those of the person quoted and not the one quoting. The problem is, sic
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A bit of a rant about those who publish to show off. Hello again. Today I am venting about something that’s been putting me off for years. I am sharing it with you to feel better in the company of like-minded souls. The question in the title is not really directed at you (unless you
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